Mtskheta1

Georgia on my mind

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July 24th 2006
Like Armenia, Georgia is a blank spot in my mental ethnography. For too long it was swallowed up in that huge amorphous blob called the Soviet Union. But Georgia occupies a very special place in the Russian romantic imagination. Georgian legends filled with mystical knights, slashing tusks, and leaping stags fueled 19th-century Russian poets. Today Georgia is a fragile country. Since independen ... read more

Asia » Georgia

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The region of present-day Georgia contained the ancient kingdoms of Colchis and Kartli-Iberia. The area came under Roman influence in the first centuries AD and Christianity became the state religion in the 330s. Domination by Persians, Arabs, and Tu... ... read more